by bo1 » Thu Dec 16, 2010 10:36 am
Hello everybody! This is Salamander, posting via Bo, as he has permission to post here, and I don't.
I am posting up the results of the questionaire that we passed out during Rhun Closer. The goal of this exercise was to attempt to understand how changing the current standing rules would affect Belegarth. We felt that the discussions were going in circles, and that action would be the best course. We now present to you the results.
TL;DR: Go play in General Mayhem.
The rules we tested out were as such: Single green will do one point of damage. Stabs will count count toward limb total and effect armor.
We did not change arrows, as it was felt that it was better to concentrate on one thing at a time.
We asked four questions, and then invited people to comment with their own observations or opinions.
I did my best to accurately interpret each persons opinion. Some were quite ambiguous, and rather than err on either side of the debate, I marked them for neither side. While it would be hard to show all the surveys we received, I will do my best to answer any questions we receive about them.
Here are the tallied results. Beneath that will be any of the more helpful/interesting comments. Those were defined by an answer that was more than two or three words, and seemed to have something to say.
1. Did you like the suggested green rules?
31 responded positively.
13 responded negatively.
14 responded that they had no idea what was going on, were unclear in their opinion, or were undecided.
Comments:
" Yes, but I don't think I fought enough to feel the full effect."
"Suggestions of any sort are all right!"
"Armor damage-yes. Limb death-no"
2. Do you feel like the suggested rules were easier or harder to understand than the current ones?
29 responded positively.
4 responded negatively.
7 responded that they had no idea what was going on, were unclear in their opinion, or were undecided.
18 responded that they felt it was the same.
Comments:
"Uniformity in hit classification"
"They are harder because they make me forget the count on my armor."
"Easier-fewer hit categories."
3. How hard do you think it would be for Belegarth to transition to the suggested rules?
31 responded positively
15 responded negatively
12 responded that they had no idea what was going on, were unclear in their opinion, or were undecided.
Comments:
"Hard, because there will be much controversy. Also, old school fighters should be able to stay old school."
"Medium-more smaller events like this one would help people get used to it before using it at big events."
"Are people with 'important' opinions going to discuss it on the intarwebs?"
"Really **** hard, people are *!"
"New schism/clash/separation"
"Harder for vets, less so for newbs."
4. Would you rather keep the old rules, or switch to the suggested ones?
28 responded new rules.
16 responded olds rules.
14 responded that they had no idea what was going on, were unclear in their opinion, or were undecided.
Comments:
"Switch to armor damage, not limbs counting toward death. Also, bring arrows into same type of damage."
"I don't know yet, open to change, but still on the fence."
Overall comments:
"What's the point of armor? Spears and similar weapons are too powerful."
"I like the idea, but it needs some tweaking."
"Wouldn't a one handed stab be to light to pierce armor?"
"Overpowers spears and arrows."
"Leave it as is, but let single green take one armor point."
"I feel the new rules give to much power to spear-men."
"I like how arrows weren't affected."
"Made for quicker game-play."
"I saw both sets of rules being used at the same time, but no one really seemed to have issues on the field. More trials."
"I like one green= one blue. Much clearer."
One thing we did learn for sure, is that one mustn't assume that people are going to read the rules. If we were to try this again, we would make sure that there was a hand out, for those who might arrive late, or not read up at all.
Sir Beauregaurd Brutus Elevo
Knight of Rhun
High Commander of
Clan of the Hydra
That's Mr. Implacable to you.
If you disagree disrespectfully, the boards are a much better read.
Dane